Off-bearing conveyer



Nov. 13, 192.8. 1,691,881

c. E. FULLER OF BEARING CONVEYER N{.Ii'iled March 18. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 13, 1928.

. 1,691288'1 c. E. FULLER OFF-BEARING CONVEYER 'Filed Mrch 18 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 644ML 5. TF' 55W azzoZ/ Patented Nov. 13, 1928.

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CLAUD E. FULLER, OF NEW YORK, yN. Y., ASSGNOR TO NEW YORK BRICK HANDLING CORPORATION, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF-NEW YORK.

' err-:BEARING conversie.

L My present invention relates to oif bearing lconveyers and more particularly to an improved conveyer for use in connectipn with an improved system of handling brickdui'- ing the process of inanufature. w

1n my copending application, Serial No. 227,818 tiled ctober 21, 192,7,1 have described and claimed an in'iproved system for handling brick, and in practicing this impioved `system, have devised a number of mechanisms whereby the system may bemore economically and expeditiously practiced. @ne of such mechanisms is' an improved` off bearing conveyer that forms the subject inatter of the present invention and in it .is provided a means for automatically changing the direction of travel of a plurality of pallets in succession, changing the speed the moving pallets in any manner desired in order, ior example, to Vgive time enough to remove the bricks from the pallets while preventing i succeeding pallets from overricing the preceding pallets and afterwards changing the Speedof the empty pallets in order that the same may be successfully returned to the brick-making machine. 1n connection with this mechanism I utilize means whereby the brick, as they are, taken .from the pallets by the belt boys, are'loadhed onto unit cars in unit brick fformation for subsequent mechanical, handling and building into a kiln, and the conveyer and the unit i n Y A'.

cars are so arranged relative to a platrorin I that a minimum of effort is required on the part of the belt boys in loading the unitlcars with units of brick, and regardless of the number of courses of brick that may have been placed on the car.l n

rlhe principal object of my invention, therefore. is an improved off bearing. conveyer,

Another object of my invention is` an improved apparatus for facilitating the loading of unit cars. i

` @ther objects and novel features of 'the construction and arrangement of parts coin-V `prising the device "ill appear as the descrip tion of the invention progresses.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention,

vEig. 1 is a plan View; l 1 v Fig. 2 is a side elevation of lig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of theV right-hand end of Fig. eferring'to the drawings, gravity conveyer that extends over and is associated with a conveyer system from a brick drier and passing over the gravity conveyei are pallets 11 each provided with a number of brick 12 on the upper surface thereof.

. These pallets 11 are fed to thegravity conveyer at the rate of approximately fifty pallets per minut-e andthe rate of travel ofthe pallets over the gravity conveyer is approximately one hundred ten feet per minute, which, with Vthe assumed number of pallets fed, allows for a spacing of 16-1-4U between pallets. The above dimensions, and any other dimensions referred to throughout this speci- Y fica-tion, are approximate only and are used Afor the purpose of illustrating the working of the apparatus and the practicing of the system. At the delivery end of the gravity conveyer and .extending transversely thereof, is aV landing roll 13 and a take-oil' bclt'14, the upper reach of the belt 14 being or lying substantially in the plane that passes through the-landing roll, as will be clearly seen from an inspection of Fig. 3. The landing roll 13 is securedto a shaft 114 that is rotatably mounted in spacedA bearings 15.. rilhe bea rings 15 are secured to the upper surface of a frameworkconstructed of str-uc'- tural elements 16. Also secured to the framework are pairs of alined bearings 17 in each pair of which is rotatably mounted a shaft 1S. -The shafts 18 lie parallel to the shaft 114, above referred to. Secured to the shafts 18 between the bearings 17 are rolls 19 and over the rolls V19 passes the endless conveyer or off bearing belt 20." Pivotally mounted on a shaft 21 secured to the framework is a frame 22 that carries at its front end a rotatably mounted roll 23, which, as will be obvious from an inspection of Fig. 3, engages with the off bearing belt 2() and acts to tension the upper reachl hereof. Secured to the framework is a slottedV arcuate member 2K1, through the slot Vof which passes 'a kbolt 25. The bolt 25 is secured tol the framework 22 and has screwed on its Vouter end a hand nutv 26 and by means of which the framework 22 l and,"thereifore, the roll 23 'may beheld in l Y other shaft 18Vis agear 29, as will be herein- 10 designates a" after explained; Secured to the framework and spacedfapart from each other are vertical bearings 30 and31 respectively, andin the bearing 30 is rotatably mounted a shaft 32 carrying adjacent its upper end a pulley 33'.` Rotatab'ly mounted'in the bearing31' parallel to the shaft' 32 is a `shaft34`a1`idse cured to the shaft 34 adjacent its upper end is a pulley 35 in alinement with the pulley 33. Over the pulleys 33 and 35 runs an end- Yless guard belt 36. Secured to the shaft 34 is a bevel pinion 37 which meshes with and is driven by a bevel gear 38, Vsecured tothe shaft 34.. The inner reachcfthe guard belt 36, or that portion adjacent the landing roll 13V and the take-off beltz14, runs inthe direction ofthe arrow shown or in the direction alined bearings 40 are valined bearings 43, and `inthe bearings .43 is rotatably mounted a shaft 44v having secured thereto a yroller 45. Passing over the rolls 42 and 45 is an ofi' bearing belt 46 and this off bearing belt 46 also passesover idler rolls 147 and 48 mounted in vsuitable bearings on the framework and also under a tension roll 49, rotatably mountedin the framework 50, pivotally mounted' at 51,0n the first said framework. Associated with the framework 50 is anarcuateslotted member 52 and by means of which the framework may be adjustably secured on` its pivot 51. Secured to one end of the shaft 41 is a gear 47 whichdrives the gear 29V through anidler gear 48-r`otatab1y mounted on a stubshaft 49 secured to the framework.

Secured to the shaft 44 is a gear 53 which meshes with and is driven by an idler gear 54 rotatably mounted on a shaft 55 secured to the framework. Alsoy alined in bearings secured tothe. framework and parallel to the shafts 44 and 55, is a shaft 56 that has securedthereto a gear 57, which meshes with the idlerV gear 54-and drives both the idler gear and the gear 53. Also secured to the shaft 56 is a roll 58 `which is in alinement ywith a Vroll 59 secured to a shaft 60. Rotata-v .Y bly mounted in suitable bearings secured to Yce the frame and over the rolls 58 andv 59 runs a discharge belt 61. Secured to the shaft 60 is a gear 62 and by means ofy which the shaft 60 may be connected to any suitable source ,of power for driving-the entire mechanism thus far described. Associated with the ldischarge belt 61 is a tension'roll 63 carried by a frame 641pi`votally andadjustably mounted. on the frame work.

The `various trains of gears described'and referred to are so proportioned relative to the speed of the shaft 60 and the gear 62 at pallets have beenassumedltohialve been delivered at the rate of fifty pallets per minutel and with this delivery, the pallets are spaced 16m apart and thus the pallets will travel at approximately 11-0 ft. per minute.

F roman inspection of Fig. 1, it-will be seen that the pa-llets 11 are arranged.transversely to the length of t-he conveyer 10 and, there fore, will be delivered to the landing. roll 13 and take off belt 14 so as rto lie parallel'to theV length of such take olf belt. The speed of the take off belt 14 and the'landing roll 13 must be such as to move the pallets 11 longitudinally to allowsucceeding pallets to be moved into position in regard to the landing roll vand take off belt without interference, and I find that this can'be done `if the speed of the take off belt 14- and the surfacefspeed of the landing roll 13 is approximately 272 ft. per minute and,ftherefore, theftrains of gearing 47, 29, 28 and`27 is so proportioned as to produce. these speeds'in the take off'belt 14 and landing roll 13. This speed provides for a space of approximately 26A between the pallets-11 and is ample forthepurpose desired. The guard belt 36 against which the pallets 11 are 0r may be brought is soconnected to the drive shaft 18 that the speed of such guard belt will be approximately equal to the. speed of" the take off" belt 14. From the take 0H belt A14 the pallets 11" are fed'onto the off bearing belt 46 whichis so geared as to be driven at ay speed of 'approximately 167 ft. perminute t'o allow f'or a spacing between 4pallets of approximately one inch. The 'offbearing belt has 'a function which will be referred to later, it being only `suiiicient to vstate at this point that'iby the time the various pallets 11 have reachedthe end of the off bearing belt 46, allthebricks thereon will have been removed andthe `now empty pallets are moved vonto the discharge belt 61 which 1s so geared 'as' to have asurface speed of approximately 214 ft; per: minute, which allows a spacing betweenpallets of approximately 12l and renders it; possible to feed the pallets `11 kover various conveyers or other mechanisms and. Vback to. the brick machine where they vare againload'ed with `brick 12. K

By referring to thedrawings,andparticularly Figs. 2 and 3, it will'benoted" that the various belts 14, 46 and 61 lie in a plane that makes anangle to the horizontal, 'and arranged alongside of the offbearingbelt46, is a workmans platform 64, which lis given a pitchvsimilar tol the pitch of 'the upper reach of the off bearing belt 64 lbiut withthe upper'surface of the platform 64fco'nsi'd`erably below thel upperl reach of such oifbearing belt.l Lying parallel tov the framework above described and parallel to the off bearing belt and the Workmans platform 64 is a track 65 and parallel to such track, but furthe-r removed from the framework, is a similar track 66 and on these tracks may run unit cars 67, it being noted at this point that such unit cars are pro-vided on their outer side with a wall or closure 68 and against which the bricks 12 may be piled. The

; heights of the platform ofl the unit car 67, workmans platform 64 and the upper reachv of the off bearing belt 46 are so proportioned combination: with a feeding conveyer, of a that as the loaded pallets 11 move from right to left, as indicated in the figures, and the unit car 67 moving from left to right, kas

. shown in the figures, that the various belt boys arranged A along the platform 64 Y may take the brick 12 off such pallets 11 and place them in hacked formation on the unit cars 67 with a minimum of effort regardless of the height of the courses of brick in a unit car. That is, if the unit car 67 is assumed to be at the left hand end of the off bearing belt 46, the belt boys may load the brick 12 on the pallets 11 ontothe plat-form ofthe. unit car, which in this position is substantially level with the of bearing belt 46, and as the' courses of brick on the unit car 67 are built up, such unit car will be moved to the right so that the level on which the bricks 12 are to be built will be substantially equal regardless of the position of such unit car with respect to the off bearing belt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

In an improved conveying apparatus, the

takeoff1 belt associated therewith, said take Y off belt beingy inclined and with a portion adjacent thel feeding conveyer higher than the delivery end thereof and an elevated platform' arranged adjacent and parallel to the takeoff belt,- said elevated plat-form lying y parallel to the upper reach o-f the take off belt.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification. n

CLAUD E. FULLER. 

